Mark Steel on the Teachers' Strike

Very amusing look at the idea that anyone can teach....
Spot on on the Royal Wedding day off...

Opponents of the strike also say the teachers are "taking out their grievance on our children". So it must be an extremely important day they'll be missing. Presumably Michael Gove was just as furious when schools were closed for the royal wedding, yelling: "How dare this ceremony condemn an entire generation to a life of miserable failure? Couldn't they have got married on a Saturday like normal people, for 20 minutes around tea-time so it didn't disturb their homework?"

Interestingly in Norfolk, tomorrow is an official day off for all Norfolk schools anyway, to coincide with the Royal Norfolk Show, which historically was an important event in the county.
Of course these days fewer people work in agriculture, or can afford the ticket prices (turn up in a car with a family of 4 and it'll cost you £65...)
And a few people we know have said they're taking their kids out of school so they can go today, because "tomorrow will be packed out with people as it's a day off school for everyone...."

Earlier today, Michael Gove was at the Royal Society and spoke about the forthcoming curriculum review...

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